Embodiments are directed at a systems, methods, and apparatuses for automatically aligning the lead edges of a document stack loaded in a scanner system. An automated jogger system includes feeder gate elements which are driven forward and backwards in an oscillating motion. This motion causes the documents in the stack to slide between each other, causing the documents to move and rotate towards the feeder gate elements, aligning the lead edges of the stack prior to being fed into the document scanner.
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2. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one rotatable feeder gate element is coupled to a drive shaft of the transport drive system and the drive shaft rotates according to the one or more oscillation parameters to oscillate the at least one rotatable feeder gate element forward and backward along the document transport path.
3. The system of claim 2, wherein the one or more oscillation parameters include at least one of an amplitude, a frequency of oscillation, a total number of oscillation cycles, an acceleration of the at least one rotatable feeder gate element, a deceleration of the at least one rotatable feeder gate element, and how long to pause between each oscillation.
4. The system of claim 3, further comprising a document present sensor, and wherein the one or more oscillation parameters are based on a type of material of the documents inserted into the input tray, a number of documents inserted into the input tray, a width of the documents, and a length of the documents determined according to information received by the document present sensor.
5. The system of claim 2, wherein the at least one rotatable feeder gate element includes a down position stop, the down position stop configured to engage with a frame stop to constrain a forward movement of the at least one rotatable feeder gate element in respect to the document transport path.
6. The system of claim 5, wherein the down position stop includes a magnetized element and wherein the frame stop includes a ferromagnetic material such that the down position stop and the frame stop are attracted to one another.
7. The system of claim 2, wherein the at least one rotatable feeder gate element includes an up position stop, the up position stop configured to engage with a frame stop to constrain a backward movement of the at least one rotatable feeder gate element in respect to the document transport path.
8. The system of claim 1, wherein disengaging with the lead edges of the documents includes rotating the at least one rotatable feeder gate element into a frame body of the system.
9. The system of claim 1, wherein the oscillation forward and backward in respect to the document transport path causes the documents engaged with the at least rotatable one feeder gate element to slide between each other and to move towards the at least rotatable one feeder gate element, aligning the lead edges of the documents.
13. The method of claim 11, wherein oscillating the at least one rotatable feeder gate element forward and backward in respect to the document transport path causes the documents engaged with the at least one feeder rotatable gate element to slide between each other and to move towards the at least one rotatable feeder gate element, aligning the lead edges of the documents.
14. The method of claim 11, wherein the at least one rotatable feeder gate element is coupled to a drive shaft of a transport drive system and wherein the drive shaft rotates according to the one or more oscillation parameters to oscillate the at least one rotatable feeder gate element forward and backward in respect to the document transport path.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein the at least one rotatable feeder gate element includes a down position stop, the down position stop configured to engage with a frame stop to constrain a forward movement of the at least one rotatable feeder gate element in respect to the document transport path.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein the down position stop includes a magnetized element and wherein the frame stop includes a ferromagnetic material such that the down position stop and the frame stop are attracted to one another.
17. The method of claim 14, wherein the at least one rotatable feeder gate element includes an up position stop, the up position stop configured to engage with a frame stop to constrain a backward movement of the at least one rotatable feeder gate element in respect to the document transport path.
18. The method of claim 11, wherein the one or more oscillation parameters include at least one of an amplitude, a frequency of oscillation, a total number of oscillation cycles, an acceleration of the at least one rotatable feeder gate element, a deceleration of the at least one rotatable feeder gate element, and how long to pause between each oscillation.
19. The method of claim 11, wherein the one or more oscillation parameters are based on a type of material of the documents inserted into the input tray, a number of documents inserted into the input tray, a width of the documents, and a length of the documents determined according to information received by the document present sensor.
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